Leader of The Nationals in the Senate, Ron Boswell, said today that local Councils in North Queensland would receive a 'double whammy' Roads to Recovery payment, with an extra allocation of funds to be delivered for upgrading local government roads before the end of June this year.     "This is a huge boost for local Councils in North Queensland, doubling the amount of money available in the current financial year for fixing local roads through the Coalition's Roads to Recovery program," Senator Boswell said.   "For the residents of Kennedy, covering all or part of 23 Local Government areas in North Queensland, it means a total extra injection for local roads of $9 million."   "Residents of all these North Queensland Council areas can look forward to travelling on improved, safer local roads as a result of better management of the economy by a Coalition Government that has now fully paid off Labor's debt of $96 billion."   Local Government Authority                2006/07 R2R $           Supplementary R2R $ Atherton Shire Council                    181,445                 181,445 Boulia Shire Council                      340,475                 340,475 Burke Shire Council                       240,234                 240,234 Cairns City Council                       1,057,938               1,057,938 Cardwell Shire Council                    212,678                 212,678 Carpentaria Shire Council                 454,613                 454,613 Charters Towers City Council              96,217                        96,217 Cloncurry Shire Council                   488,134                 488,134 Croydon Shire Council                     255,845                 255,845 Dalrymple Shire Council             1,038,665               1,038,665 Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council        41,101                        41,101 Eacham Shire Council                      156,372                 156,372 Etheridge Shire Council                   433,458                 433,458 Flinders Shire Council                    567,545                 567,545 Herberton Shire Council             277,757                 277,757 Hinchinbrook Shire Council                309,920                 309,920 Johnstone Shire Council             293,831                 293,831 Mareeba Shire Council                     664,607                 664,607 McKinlay Shire Council                    444,547                 444,547 Mornington Shire Council                  154,278                 154,278 Mount Isa City Council                    560,808                 560,808 Richmond Shire Council                    343,102                 343,102 Thuringowa City Council             480,138                 480,138 TOTAL                               $9,093,708              $9,093,708   ENDS   Media Enquiries –  Paul Leven 02 6277 3244 or 0428 714 779